WorksheetsImmigration (1800s)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was Ellis Island?
An amusement park
A vacation spot
An immigration center in New York
The first capital of the United States
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 did what?
closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time
Prior to 1871, most immigrants to America came from Northern and Western Europe (Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden)
True
False
How did political machines get the support of immigrants?
they promised to stop illegal immigration from Latin America
They wasted money on military spending
They helped them find homes and jobs in exchange for votes
They developed a system to make becoming a citizen easier
When arriving to Ellis Island, the first thing immigrants saw was-
Jobs
Houses
Busses
The Statue of Liberty
1871 until 1921, most immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe (Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, present-day Hungary, and former Yugoslavia), as well as Asia (China and Japan).
True
False
